It was never Steele Venters’ intention to nearly complete the Evergreen State’s college basketball quartet.
Yet, going into his eighth and final season at Washington after starting out as a walk-on at Eastern Washington in 2019-20 and emerging as a dependable starter before later transferring to Gonzaga, that’s just what his path has become.
Venters made 67 starts and 84 total appearances for the Eagles, with back-to-back seasons averaging double digits in scoring 16.7 and 15.3 points per game as a sophomore and junior in 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively; the latter of which resulted in the Ellensburg, Washington native earning unanimous First Team All-Big Sky honors in his final season in Cheney…